I Will Never Fall in Love Again

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- February 25, 2017

I Never Fall in Love Again

I am that flower of innocence

That blossoms in the dawn of silent mornings

I am the beautiful rose

With stretched petals in the wind

The words of my father

Directs the steppings of my youth

The whispers of my mother

Guides my feeble knees of infancy

Beware of the rogues

Clustered in the village market

Be cautious of the foxes

Littering the dance square of darkness

But each night

Arike hangs out in the stillness of a smiling moon

Clasped in the arms of Terigbola

And she is happy

Each morning we go down the village stream

Awero tells me of his new found love

And she is happy

Can't I be happy too?

Am I not lost and lonely?

Am I not missing a necessary part of my existence?

What fantasy is yet unknown

Hidden within the high walls of love?

I have uncovered this mystery

Love is purchased by my peace

I only trusted him

And I am lost in its maze

Drown in its swamp

Fell off headlong the unprotected edge of its cliff

Now I know too well

That love is a lie

Curse be that day I met you

Curse be that night I said yes

You break my trust

Upon the same bed

That once soaked my virgin blood

The hammers that chattered my heart

Were hidden in your hogs of betrayal

You are my first love

The first summon from hell and death too

Now you are lost

In the labyrinth of a virgin heart

And the innocent girl

Is too blind to notice

That you are a beast

A chameleon who hides its venom

A leopard whose spots are never washed

Your destiny is to die

Within the laps of harlots

But now...I cry more for my scars

The trails of tragedies you left behind

Every cracks in my heart

Have tales of woes to tell

Now that you have gone

I will never fall in love

Never again

I will never fall in love

Never again

I will never trust no one

Never again

For all men are rogues

Angels today

Devils tomorrow

© Olatuja Oloyede